With a long list of beautiful stories of electric cars, there has been a boom in news about electric trucks, electric vans and electric buses over the past week. Scroll down to see the full list of stories.
Electric Bus News
Grudziądz green investment in Solaris e-buses
Blue Bird Receives Largest Electric School Bus Order Ever
Novi Sad will become the first Serbian city to operate Solaris e-buses
Another 472 city buses in Hamburg will be electric in the future
£8.4m secured for more electric buses in York
Zakopane improves its ecological municipal transport with zero-emission Urbino 12 electric buses
Electric Truck News
More than 50,000 existing gas-powered Class 4 shuttles can be re-powered with Lightning eMotors electric powertrains. (Photo: Forest River Bus)
Lightning eMotors Reports Q4 and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
Record order from Maersk for Volvo electric trucks
Deliveries of Volvo VNR electric trucks to Performance Team, a Maersk company, will begin in the second quarter of 2022.
Ecovolta electrifies Traxter for Stoos Railways
Founded in 2012, Orange EV now has the most zero-emission trucks in service in the United States
Oshkosh Defense receives its first order for a fleet of next-generation delivery vehicles
Volvo Trucks Receives Order for 50 Volvo VNR Electric Trucks for Truck-as-a-Service Startup from WattEV
Electric trucks Einride_Maersk Image
Einride and AP Moller-Maersk team up for largest ever electrification of heavy road freight
All-electric Volta Zero lands in Milan on its final European tour
USPS orders 50,000 next-generation delivery vehicles; 10,019 Being Electric
Electric truck news: fleet of next-generation delivery vehicles. Photo courtesy of Business Wire.
Electric vehicle charging news
Bicester tech startup signs deal to build Malaysia’s electric vehicle charging network
“Bicester-based tech start-up EZ-Charge has opened the door to huge international growth by signing a deal that will see its technology form the backbone of a new electric vehicle charging network in Malaysia.
“He said, ‘We intend to make the development of charging stations cheaper compared to overseas.
“With localized manufacturing and technology development, we believe in developing this technology as well as providing talent in the end-to-end process of design, test, prototype, commissioning.”
Image reproduced with the kind permission of EZ-Charge.
BYD and Shell partner for electric vehicle charging in China and Europe
A BYD Han EV at a Shell Recharge site. Image courtesy of BYD.
Tenfold increase in charging stations by 2030 as government leads electric vehicle revolution
Lucid Motors offers drivers free charging in Canada
Charging an electric vehicle during the Canadian winter
ChargePoint offers Toyota bZ4X drivers a seamless charging experience at home and away
Andersen launches the first electric vehicle charger with integrated camouflage technology
Good Move: how Europe is leading the world in improving cities by changing the way we move
Battery News
Theion appoints Dr. Ulrich Ehmes as CEO; Unveils Crystal Battery for All Mobile Apps
Portage Battery Site Powers Clean Energy Transformation in Wisconsin
Enovix Announces BrakeFlow™ Technology
LG Energy Solution to invest KRW 1.7 trillion in its first cylindrical battery factory in the US
LGES will build a battery factory in Arizona
Microvast launches new Li-ion battery cells and next-generation packs
Microvast launches new Li-ion battery cells and next-generation packs
Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Rincon lithium project
Autonomous
Aurora Unveils Carpool Test Fleet, Based on Toyota Sienna
Climate change
Satellite data shows the entire Conger ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica
Other
ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil, becomes the first ResponsibleSteel certified site in Latin America
Ore processing plant in Finland expected to boost vanadium production for Europe
Leapmotor Enters Capital Markets Electric Vehicle Racer With Hong Kong IPO Plan
As Air Pollution Decreased, Tribal Nations Were Left Out
Wealth is the biggest predictor of emissions
Billionaire Koch is betting big on an electric future
SpaceX drops Starship SN20 from first orbital flight test for new prototype
Check back later for more on what’s happening in the world of electric vehicles.
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